OCR Text |
Show IIIK XKXT I'URSIKRST. Menlng nrcr Iho l-ollcy or lliolloiern-iiirnt lliolloiern-iiirnt or the Unlit d States. Uurrsipondeurs et the Iu-skret News. Having beeu boru of honorablo ar-ants ar-ants lu OnUllo County, Hlata of NuwVork, anl breathing the air of our genial climate, I alwn)a fetlnn Interest In the welfare of Ihuclllten of this grutltepiibllc. I desire, there-fore, there-fore, totxpresa my views ou gemral prlnclplts and mil the attention of the IKillllcal sons or noble sires who fought and bled lu order lo establish a free and Independent govt mint nt on this North Aiuerlciu continent. I would refer to history nnd the wise siylngs of llenjamln I'rankllu, Ueuerul, or l'resMeut (luorge Washington, J. . Adams, T. Jefferson, Monroe and many others who founded aud supported support-ed our glorious Union, Constitution aud Decltratlon of Indeptndente. The lulllloal parly spirit is agitating tho mind of all lulltlclans, and the ineatlun Is niked, "Who Is tu bo our noxt I'resldeiilt" My wlsloui, If I have any, sajs "Detldedly nltt an Anierlt-aa-horii citizen the wisest man that can bu fou mi on Union prlmlples, whether eilucated or not. pooroi rlth the nnn who will art und cMinsel wisely for the benefit of nil clv.rs of theople." Wisdom dictates no tangling alliances, alli-ances, tiut laatenble nnd kind legislation legisla-tion 111 every tusu oslble. l.rttl substantial sub-stantial forts nt ettry seaort on the const, from HieOiilf uf Ht. Lawrence around tu thu l.uro eau ossekslora ou Hie l'aclilo ocean, ojpetlnlly nt Hall Francisco. 1 have viewed Its surroundings surround-ings on Mare Island and it seems to me more like buys' play lhau euglm e ring of wise men. Its iultiid location Is loo far from the coast furtllVrtlve sir-vlie. sir-vlie. My view It to strongly fortify tliH northern bank at the (lohlen Uate, to protect tlio entrance Into thu lay, and bull 1 strong forts six miles south of the (loldwi Uate, on the 1'uUric shore. Hupiort nud itrcugtheu thu army and navy, and If n soldier or sailor runs away hunt him up, pay Ills w ages, nud till him ti.o irov-rnment hxi no use lor him, Cnusldi revery able-bodied man Irom "I to IS )iarsol agons a soldier, to be called Into rtrvlcu by legnl authority II required. Drgsnlxenndsupisirt lutlltiitlous ol learning fr.r thu Instruction of the rls lug generation, or oveiy grsde, rrom the day school to thu hlhtstt'olliga course. Ilcpeal all legislation on high tnrllT nets, as they tend to encourage smug-gllug smug-gllug ty law list niun, and are u stigma on Ilepiibllcatl Institutions. Whoever ante n nation with too rich a circulating curreuc)? Coin all the gold aud sliver bars and bullion In the Uulttd Htales treasury, strike oil ten hundred million dollars In Jiper money nud pats a detree that a gold, sliver nud pnper dollar shall tie of the ennitt vulue, and a legal It nth r, In any amount throughout tliu United Htahs Dominion, Tho llmels near when the nations afar oU'wIll jay n premium ou gold and silver fur Amiricnii apcr money nnd tionds, w 1th the United rimes niamp oniclnlly placed on It. Urganlreniiallounlllink at Washington, Wash-ington, D. 0., nnd n branch 'muk lu uvt ry Htate and Territory lu the union, with money to loau at low Interest on rtsl t statu security. A-e-s rich nud poor equally on money, bonds uud property of evtry description without regard to mllliou-ufitH, mllliou-ufitH, Lay u small ier cent, untax; It will ralso a revenue sur.lc.leht for all governmental purosef. Instruct Cungrias to inaku It nu ulfinse, puulshaolu by fluoor imprison-inent, imprison-inent, or tiolh, to convert somuali grain Into Intoxicating tumors: that will causo tlio greatest death blow to !nlni eraiue eter thought of by man. Wisdom would dictate no litigation, but that all clitses adheru to tho urlgl-ual urlgl-ual constitutional dtcrie, that Congress Con-gress shall havo nopjwerto legislate unthlstubjut. Enlarge canals nnd dro-lgotbe shal. lows ol navigable rivers lu orderlo creatu ample laciiities for carrying goods and prodoits. Hnouuragu home mauulscliirea In nil maur,ers ol lahrlcs. line and course. It will furnish em)lo)intnt lor the artl-t and Inborer ami treule wealth. l.xlcnd r a-'eltui.fnthoily hand nnd enre lo the ngcil, the blind, hmu and iillllcled. NomaiiknoHs but ho may bu brouiht to n like condition. llrlngnutall prisoners excet those guilty of the worst crlmei known to men. Fi nu thtm to work on the i ubllo hlgliwn)S, tiuih Hit m morality and rlghleousniss. It will be revtnuu lu pi ice of debt Ul the govt mint nl, Wisdom suggitts the building ol gruuurles lu all graluvrowlng dhttlcta ntiil tlio storing up at groin ngalust famine, wnntnuJ cases of etmrgincy, ttc. Muih might be naldoutheprotectlon uf llmbir, uulmals, hlrdsP fowls nnd flihir, nlso un coiiuptiou lu cities, towns nnd hamlets, as gain! ling dthe and housufl of 111 fnme; t tit 1 ilosu ui) e)eauntblsrortherueiit. I Imvecoudinucd my iduas, but be-llovu be-llovu they are plulil tu the tmderstand-lug tmderstand-lug of wire men, whom I unit to weigh them In the hulunoe of rtaajii nud liutli, und thereby dcoldi- who shall till the Presidential rhnir In 1S9.'. Jao uF..Ttim, Hit. i:tT Hn.t.SA, I.uwis ClurU County, Mintana. Dctimber, lblll. |